txolops Chapter 273 The Second Golden Core, Clone
Chapter 273 The Second Golden Core, Clone
Chapter 273 The Second Golden Core, Avatar
Actually, after forming the Golden Core...
Li Ping had made up his mind to abandon the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" (泽水养生诀), a healing technique, and instead cultivate the "Jiu Jie Zhen Ling Sheng Dian" (九劫真灵圣典).
After all, given the limitation of the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" (a cultivation technique that prohibits the use of elixirs to enhance cultivation), coupled with his three spiritual roots and slow cultivation speed, even without reaching a cultivation bottleneck, it would likely be difficult for him to successfully form his Nascent Soul in his remaining three hundred years of lifespan.
This was naturally not what Li Ping wanted to see, so even though he was reluctant to give up the miraculous healing effects of the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" technique, he could only reluctantly switch to a technique that allowed him to take medicine to improve his cultivation.
However, the "Tai Su Yu Ye Jin Dan Fa" can solve this problem precisely.
Because he can use this secret method to refine a second golden elixir within his body.
In this way...
He only needs to use his second golden core to cultivate the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" without having to spend time dissipating the power of the "Zeshui Nourishing Life Technique" to start over.
Moreover, according to the Creator...
The Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Core Method is completely different from those demonic methods of "external incarnation" and "corpse refining". The second golden core it produces is no different from the golden core formed normally by a cultivator.
Once the cultivation is successful, it is equivalent to possessing two golden pills.
Even if one of the golden cores is exhausted in the battle, the power of the second golden core can be used to continue the fight.
Nominally, the two golden cores are distinguished as primary and secondary, but in reality, there is no difference between the two golden cores for the cultivator himself.
Even if one of the golden cores is accidentally destroyed by an enemy, the cultivator can still survive safely with the other golden core.
What moved Li Ping even more was...
Because the Golden Elixir Refined by the Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method is no different from the Golden Elixir formed by a cultivator in a normal way, this Golden Elixir can also be used to cultivate and improve one's cultivation level as usual.
One day, the golden core may even shatter and form a nascent soul, thus transforming the second golden core into a second nascent soul.
Unlike the Golden Elixir, the Nascent Soul can exist independently of the body.
Once Li Ping cultivates his second Nascent Soul, he can easily find a fine dwelling for it to reside in.
In this way, it's as if he has a real clone.
Not only did he gain a Nascent Soul level helper, but even if his main body was unfortunately killed by a powerful enemy, as long as his clone was still alive, Li Ping would not die.
After all, the clone and the original body have the same memories and souls; they are both Li Ping.
Even if either his main body or his clone perishes, Li Ping can still use the Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method to refine another Golden Elixir by expending resources, and this Golden Elixir can also be used to cultivate and break through to the Nascent Soul stage!
In other words, unless someone can kill both Li Ping's clone and his true self at the same time, he can recover to full health.
Of course, Li Ping is a steady person, and he probably won't need to use the method of creating clones to save his life.
To his surprise, this method had another special effect.
Since he was the owner of both golden cores, his lifespan was determined based on the golden core with the highest cultivation level.
For example, in the future, if he successfully forms a Nascent Soul by cultivating the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture using his second Golden Core, then his lifespan will be extended to a thousand years, the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
With such a long lifespan, even with only three spiritual roots, he was confident that he could cultivate the "Ze Shui Nourishing Life Technique" to the Nascent Soul stage.
"The Ze Shui Health Preservation Technique, as a health-preserving exercise, excels at therapeutic treatment!"
"The Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture is a dual cultivation technique for both body and mind, and it excels most in defense and close-quarters combat!"
"If I cultivate both of these techniques simultaneously, wouldn't I not only have high attack power, high health, and amazing defense, but also terrifying regenerative abilities?"
"Tsk tsk—an immortal, muscular guy who cultivates both magic and body!"
Thinking of this, Li Ping felt a surge of excitement in his heart.
Although he was generally steady and not fond of fighting, it did not mean that he did not want to possess powerful combat abilities.
Yes, but not necessary.
It's not the same as not having it.
In his excitement, Li Ping thought of the method for refining the second Golden Core and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
No matter how he looked at it, the "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method" didn't seem like something created by righteous cultivators.
Every cultivator has only one dantian. Limited by this, they can only choose one cultivation method to focus on. Otherwise, if there is a conflict between different types of magical power, they will only die from their body exploding.
They wanted to refine another golden elixir in addition to the one they already possessed.
The only feasible way is to forcibly seize the golden core of other cultivators, erase their divine sense, soul imprint, and so on, and then let one's own divine sense reside in it.
In other words, they wanted to refine a second golden elixir.
First of all.
The goal is to eliminate a cultivator of the same level, and in the process, the opponent's golden core must be preserved intact, preventing them from having the opportunity to self-destruct.
Second.
The Golden Core is formed by a cultivator through a long process of refining Qi, establishing the foundation, and forming the core. It is a product of a cultivator's essence, Qi, and spirit. It is impossible to erase the divine consciousness imprint within the Golden Core.
After all, even external objects like one's natal magic treasure are beyond the complete refinement of other cultivators, let alone the golden core that cultivators cultivate with their life force.
According to the secret method, the only way to achieve this is by relying on a spiritual object from heaven and earth called the "Forgetful River Water".
Although the "Water of Oblivion" is only of the third rank, its rarity is in no way inferior to those legendary spiritual items. Obtaining one is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Without the River of Oblivion, one cannot forcibly seize another's golden core.
Then one must always be wary of the backlash of magical power within the Golden Core; a single misstep could lead to a conflict of magical power and death.
In this way, the second golden elixir not only offers no benefit, but will also constantly turn into a death knell.
all in all.
He wanted to refine a second Golden Elixir.
First, one needs a ready-made golden elixir; second, one needs the aid of a spiritual liquid like the Forgetful River Water to erase the original divine consciousness and soul imprint within the golden elixir.
Apart from these two points, other minor issues such as the pain of soul splitting and the great damage to the main body's consciousness after the avatar's demise are not a big deal.
After pondering for a moment, Li Ping took out a jade bottle and a jade box from his storage bag.
The jade box contained Yan Liming's golden elixir.
Back then, Yan Liming was defeated by a powerful enemy and had to possess another body to rebuild his cultivation. After possessing the body, he was taken to the Immortal City by Gu Musheng to cultivate, and he had no chance to deal with his belongings.
Therefore, his golden elixir, magical treasures, and wealth accumulated over the years remained in the same place.
After some twists and turns, all these things ended up in Li Ping's hands, including this golden pill.
The blue bottle contained more than half a bottle of pale golden spiritual liquid.
This bottle of spiritual liquid was obtained by Li Ping in a secret cave in the Western Wilderness, along with a Purple Qi Fruit.
He had already refined the Purple Qi Fruit into a Qi Condensation Pill, but as for the majority of the bottle of spiritual liquid, he had never figured out its origin.
Even an old-fashioned person like Gaoji Daoist couldn't identify what the spiritual liquid in the bottle was.
Li Ping once thought that he might not be able to figure out the origin of the spiritual liquid until he went to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But now, after carefully reading the description in "Tai Su Yu Ye Jin Dan Fa"...
He was now certain that the contents of the blue bottle were indeed the third-tier spiritual liquid, the Forgotten River Water.
Moreover, such a large quantity of Forget-Me-Not Water was enough for him to erase the remaining soul and divine consciousness imprints within Yan Liming's golden core.
"Clatter!"
The jade box was opened, revealing a golden bead the size of a soybean inside.
Although Yan Liming was also at the early stage of Core Formation, he had cultivated for hundreds of years at that stage, and his magical power was more profound than Li Ping's.
Its golden core was naturally much larger than Li Ping's golden core, but it wouldn't have any impact on cultivating a second golden core.
"Pop!"
Li Ping pulled out the stopper from the blue bottle.
Without much hesitation, he directly picked up Yan Liming's golden pill and put it into the blue clean bottle.
The "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" and the "Jiu Jie Zhen Ling Mi Dian" can complement each other, and the cultivator's golden core and the spiritual liquid Wang Chuan water required for cultivating the second golden core are readily available.
He could find no reason not to practice this secret method.
As for the "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method", is it a demonic cultivation technique?
Li Ping believes that there is no distinction between righteous and demonic cultivation methods; whether one falls into the demonic path depends on the user.
The golden core he needed to cultivate his secret techniques did not come from killing other cultivators, but from the demonic cultivator Yan Liming, which he obtained by eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path.
He had no psychological burden when he refined the elixir again.
"According to the secret method, the Golden Core must be soaked in the River of Oblivion for at least eighty-one days to completely erase the remnants of the soul and consciousness within it." Li Ping stood up. "I'll take this time to thoroughly comprehend the Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Core Method and also prepare the other spiritual materials needed to refine the second Golden Core."
Since no method has been found to control the activation of the third-order formation, forcibly destroying the formation might expose the spiritual veins.
So when he left, Li Ping summoned the Wildfire Sparrow and had this spirit bird forcibly open a hole in the third-tier protective barrier before he and the Wildfire Sparrow flew out together.
"Grandmaster!"
Upon seeing Li Ping fly out, Yan Hengchuan hurriedly called out.
During the time Li Ping was inside the third-order magic array.
While he was busy storing the poisonous monster flesh and blood into his storage bag to feed the Blood Banner for refining later, he also separated the useful spiritual materials to be refined into magical artifacts by the family's weapon refiners.
At the same time, he was also using his skills to refine the blood essence of those non-toxic demonic beasts, keeping him extremely busy.
Because there are too many monsters, and some of them are poisonous, they need to be dealt with with extreme care.
As a result, Li Ping came out, but he was still not finished.
Li Ping stood by the cold pool, smiling, and said, "No rush, take your time."
"Yes, Master!"
Looking at Yan Hengchuan, Li Ping pondered what he had gained from this trip.
The greatest gains were, of course, the "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method" and the teleportation array to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Besides that, there were also dozens of thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, which were quite good.
In comparison, besides obtaining materials from demonic beasts, the Yan and Ji families only have a promising third-tier spiritual vein left.
Although Yan Hengchuan was enjoying obtaining so many monster materials, Li Ping knew perfectly well that he was actually the one who benefited the most.
It doesn't matter to others, but the Yan and Ji families are both his juniors.
Li Ping secretly made a decision: "I'll take the lion's share, but I can't let them suffer too much. Of the three Golden Marrow Jade Mushrooms, I'll refine two of them into two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills and leave them for them."